That formula should work. Does your data in G2 have spaces at the end perhaps?

"sdmccabe" wrote:



I am missing something, sorry. I data I want to limit to seven characters
starts in column G2. In H2 I entered the formula, =right(G2,7), but it
doesn't display the last seven - what did I do wrong?

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

Insert a new column next to your data, enter the formula
=RIGHT(A1,7), copy down as far as you need to go, and sort on
that column.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"sdmccabe" wrote in message
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I would like to sort a column of alpha-numeric characters by
only the last
seven characters - can someone help? Thanks.